Well-bucket.



J. C. HUCKABY & MQMINN.

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JAMES C. HUcxABY AND '.rHoMas L. Maman, or eun'rnasvrttn, ALABAMA.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

llzatented lDec. 5., i911.

Application led March '16, 1.911. Serial No. 614,846.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. HUCKABY and THOMAS L. yMCMINN, citizens of the United States, residing at Guntersville, in the county of Marshall, State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Well- Bucket, of which the following is a specification.

-This invention lrelates to metallic vessels, and more especially to buckets; and the object of the same is to produce a well bucke which can be filled by letting it down int a tubular or driven well, then removed therefrom without spilling its contents, and then dumped oremptied by a movement of the forefinger. These objects we accomplish by the construction hereinafter morevfully described and claimed, as shown in the drawings wherein,-

Figurel is a central vertical sectional view of our bucket, and Figs. 2 and 3 are cross sections on the lines 2 2 and 3,-3 respectively of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the body of this bucket which is composed of metal and is preferably -cylindrical and of about the proportions illustrated- Around v, this body near its lower end is formed an inwardly projecting crimp 2, beneath'which is inserted a .wooden plug 3 constituting the bottom of the bucket, the lower end of they body being turned in in a ange 4 beneath said bottom as shown. However, we do not confine ourselves to this manner of forming or securing the bottom, but the same must have through it a large central hole 5 for the admission and egress of its contents. Preferably also a strap is secured across the lower end of the body, from one side of the flange 4 to the other, as seen in section in Fig. 1; and surrounding this stra is a loop 7 which is secured to the bottom o the valve. Said, valve comprises preferably a wooden block 10 smaller in circumference than the interior of the body 1, and a leather (orit.-

thereto. Screwed into and rising from the block is a screw eye 13 by means of which the valve is lifted from its seat, which latter is, withthis construction, the upper side of the lug or bottom piece 3 around its hole 5. bviously the weight of the block 10 throws the valve down upon this seat automatically, and if there be water in the bucket of larger diameter.

.- the weight of the superimposed water will :assist in closin type of bucket the'lowerV end of the oop 'istrikes the bot'- tom thereof, the loo and with itthe valve,

it. Obviously also. if this dro ped into a well until will be raised until t e loop strikes the cross strap 6, and water will ofcourse run into 1 the hole and lill the bucket.

The numeral -designates a bail which is preferably a, piece of strap, metal secured at one extremity as by rivets 2l to onesideY of the mouth of the body 1, extending thence upward and curved over in the handle as seen at 22, and then leading down again into the mouth where it is riveted as at 23 oppo- `and makes a lateral elbow as at 32, thence extends ,againstraight upward as at 33, bends over the top as at 34 so as to form a linger-piece standing at some little distance below the handle 22, and finally turns downward in an upright 35 standing parallel with the upright 33. Both these upright members pass through the slot 25 through which they are guided vertically, and the result is that the loop may move only up and down through the guide slot in the cross arm 24. As its lower extremity is loosely linked as at 31 to the screw eye and hence flexibly connected with the valve, it follows that the latter cannot cant in place and cannot become displaced so that its successful openingand closing would be interrupted. Moreover. the loop 7 engaging around the strap 6 further prevents a dislocation of parts which would interrupt the successful act-ion of this valve. I

In use, a rope is tied to the handle 22 and ythe entire bucket is let down into the well,

whether the latter be a driven well or one The bucket does not stop in its descent at the water level, and its further descent causes lthe water to raise the valve andthe water is permitted to run through the hole 5 and lill the body of the bucket.' `The rope is then-drawn upward, and as the bucket rises the weight of the water therein will force the valve to close its seat, the uprights 33 and 35 of the link sliding in the slot 25. When the bucket has been drawn completely out of the well and it is desired to empty its contents, it is only necessary to let it down into a receptacle 5 until the lower en d of the loop 7 strikes bn the bottom of said receptacle, when said loop and the valve are raised and the water within the bucket ows out of the hole 5. If it be desired to carry this bucket from point to point by hand, the rope is removed from the handle 22 and the`hand grasps the same. To ill the bucket when held in this way, it is lowered into some receptacle containing water, and the same action takes i5 v place. To empty the bucket when held in this way, it is only necessary to reach the Coreiinger down into the ngerpiece 34 and se the same slightly, and the link will se the valve otln its seat and permit the -5 -:vater within the body to run out the hole.

lill parts are of the desired sizes, shapes, nz-ortions and materia-ls, excepting that we the body shall be ot sheetmetal, d that would be the best for the bail and loop, the link might well be of wire, and the other parts of wood or metal as they are readily found in the market.

'What is claimed as new is: l. rlfhe herein described well bucket, com- 30 prising a tubular body, a bottom across the same having a central hole and a surrounding valve seat, a valve rest-ing on the latter, a strap secured diametrically across the lower face ot said bottom, a loop secured f1 to th bottom of the valve and encircling the strap, a bail of strap iron secured at one end one side ot' the mouth of said body, curving thence upward into 4a'handle and extend ing downward to and secured to the other side of the mouth of the body, and thence eX- 4o tending across the interior of said body and having a slot, and a link comprising an upright bent over the top of the body to form a second upright, one of said uprights being loosely secured to the valve and both passing through the said slot.

2. The herein described well bucket, com-- prising a tubular body, a bottom across the same having a central hole and a surround ing valve seat, a valve resting on the latter, a strap secured diametrically across the lower face of said bottom, a loop secured to the bottom of the valve and encircling the strap, a bail of strap iron secured at one end to one sidevof the mouth ofvsaid body, and curving thence upward into a handle and extending downward to and secured to the other side of the mouth of the body, and thence extending across the interior ot said body and having'a slot, and a link compris- 6G ing an upright bent over at the top ot" thc body in under the bail to form asecond upright, one of the said uprights being loosely secured to the valve, and both passing through the said slot.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aiiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. HUCKABY. .THOMAS L. MCMLNN. 

